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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Morris Hexathon - my first hand-pieced quilt
« on: April 05, 2017, 19:44:00 PM »
Thank you, Morgan. I enjoyed plodding away at this - it made quite a change from my other EPP work in progress (currently on hold for the last year) which involves 5/8" hexagons.

Just to clarify - I think Barbara Brackman designed this pattern for hand piecing but most of the designs were suitable for EPP too, though the curved pieces were a bit challenging.

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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Morris Hexathon - my first hand-pieced quilt
« on: April 04, 2017, 15:52:56 PM »
I used glue basting rather than thread tacking for these, Ploshkin. If I'd thread tacked, I think I would still be sewing or would have given up halfway through.

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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Morris Hexathon - my first hand-pieced quilt
« on: April 04, 2017, 12:22:35 PM »
I just backed it with fleece and didn't include a wadding. As I didn’t have to worry about quilting distances and given the complex piecing on the front, I decided to keep the quilting simple and just stitched in the black sections about 1/4" from the hexagons. I went from edge to edge, crossing over at the points of each hexagon, so there were no thread ends to bury.


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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Morris Hexathon - my first hand-pieced quilt
« on: April 04, 2017, 09:43:18 AM »
Last year Barbara Brackman posted a series of pieced hexagon blocks as part of a weekly sew along. I didn't manage to keep up with the schedule so I am several months late in having a completed quilt, but I have finally got there.



There are 32 blocks in total  which I pieced using the EPP technique and, with exception of three fat quarters bought for fussy cutting, all fabrics and the backing were from stash, though the size of my stash doesn't seem to have shrunk much.

If anyone fancies making some (or all) of the hexagons, the details are available on Barbara Brackman's blog:
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/eppperfect-beckys-morris-hexathon-blocks.html


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Tech Know How / Re: Logged in, but forgotten my password
« on: March 30, 2017, 20:30:43 PM »
Thanks for that extra info about passwords, Mr Iminei.

It was a forgotten/reset link I was initially in need of this morning but I'd not thought of checking the emails I got when I signed up.

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Tech Know How / Re: Logged in, but forgotten my password
« on: March 30, 2017, 13:53:23 PM »
That might not have been quite what was muttered when I realised it.

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Tech Know How / Re: Logged in, but forgotten my password
« on: March 30, 2017, 12:19:07 PM »
I've just realised that the link to forgotten passwords is in the email I received on signing up.  :|

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Tech Know How / Re: Logged in, but forgotten my password
« on: March 30, 2017, 12:17:02 PM »
Thanks for that email address, UR.

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Tech Know How / Logged in, but forgotten my password
« on: March 30, 2017, 11:55:52 AM »
I'm currently logged in, thanks to Google saving my password, but I can't remember my password. (I'm trying to make changes to my profile and it is asking for my password.)
Where do I find the "forgotten password" link or do I have to be logged out for that to show?

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The Haberdashery / Re: Can anyone recommend a good pin cushion
« on: March 16, 2017, 09:24:36 AM »
Beyond Measure have some gorgeous wooden and leather pin cushions. Someday I might treat myself to one of them.
https://shopbeyondmeasure.co.uk/shop/wooden-things/
https://shopbeyondmeasure.co.uk/shop/leather-goods/

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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Worldwide Quilting Day
« on: March 15, 2017, 09:03:00 AM »
I'll be at the monthly meeting of Leeds Modern Quilting Guild where there will be some sewing and some chatting going on. Worldwide chatting, looking at other people's projects, and getting fabric envy day might be more appropriate.

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Current Projects / Re: FMQ Newbie!
« on: March 13, 2017, 11:18:41 AM »
I found some plant clips in BM Bargains a few years ago for a couple of pounds and the larger size is ideal for clipping quilts to the table. For larger quilts, I have a sheet of plywood/MDF that I put on the table and use with clothes pegs.

I've seen tutorials that tape crossed wooden skewers to the table/floor for when you need to centre a backing with a quilt top. You can feel the skewers through the layers and use them to align the centre points.

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